nsb - Isaiah:63:7-64:12

nsb@Isaiah:63:7 @ I will acknowledge Jehovahs acts of loving-kindness, and sing the praises of Jehovah, because of everything that Jehovah has done for us. He has done many good things for the nation of Israel because of his compassion and the abundance of his loving-kindness.

nsb@Isaiah:63:8 @ He said: They are my people, sons who will not lie to me. So he became their Savior.

nsb@Isaiah:63:9 @ In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

nsb@Isaiah:63:10 @ But they rebelled and grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned against them as their enemy. He fought against them.

nsb@Isaiah:63:11 @ His people finally remembered Moses and the days of old. Where is the one who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who put his Holy Spirit in the midst of them?

nsb@Isaiah:63:12 @ Where is the one who sent his powerful arm to support the right hand of Moses? Where is the one who divided the water in front of them to make an everlasting name for himself?

nsb@Isaiah:63:13 @ Where is the one who led them through the deep water? Like horses in the wilderness, they did not stumble.

nsb@Isaiah:63:14 @ Just like animals going down into a valley, they were given rest by Jehovahs Spirit. In this way you guided your people to make an honored name for yourself.

nsb@Isaiah:63:15 @ Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling. Where is your determination and might? Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion? Do not hold back.

nsb@Isaiah:63:16 @ You are our Father. Even though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not pay attention to us, O Jehovah, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.

nsb@Isaiah:63:17 @ O Jehovah, why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to respect you? Return for the sake of your servants. They are the tribes that belong to you.

nsb@Isaiah:63:18 @ Your holy people possessed the land for a little while. Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.

nsb@Isaiah:63:19 @ We have become like those whom you never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.

nsb@Isaiah:64:1 @ O that you would split open the heavens and come down! The mountains would quake at your presence.

nsb@Isaiah:64:2 @ Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil. Come down to make your name known to your enemies. The nations may tremble in your presence.

nsb@Isaiah:64:3 @ When you did awe-inspiring things that we did not expect, you came down and the mountains quaked at your presence.

nsb@Isaiah:64:4 @ No one has ever heard and no one has paid attention. No one has perceived any god except you. You help those who wait for you.

nsb@Isaiah:64:5 @ You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways. You were angry because we sinned. We continued to sin for a long time. Can we still be saved?

nsb@Isaiah:64:6 @ All of us have become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us wither like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.

nsb@Isaiah:64:7 @ No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You allowed us be ruined by our sins.

nsb@Isaiah:64:8 @ But now, Jehovah, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands.

nsb@Isaiah:64:9 @ Do not be too angry, Jehovah. Do not remember our sin forever. Now look, we are all your people.

nsb@Isaiah:64:10 @ Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a desert. Jerusalem is a wasteland.

nsb@Isaiah:64:11 @ Our holy and beautiful Temple where our ancestors praised you has been burned to the ground. All that we valued has been ruined.

nsb@Isaiah:64:12 @ Despite these things, Jehovah, will you restrain yourself? Will you be silent and make us suffer beyond measure?